MLW News: Konnan To Challenge For MLW World Title At Zero Hour In Miami

Konnan set to challenge for MLW World Heavyweight Championship at Zero Hour!

We’re a little over three weeks away from Major League Wrestling’s big back-to-back Fusion television tapings in Miami, Florida, kicking off with Never Say Never on December 13th and then finishing with Zero Hour on December 14th to air down the road on beIN Sports.

A few matches have already been announced for both shows, however only one was revealed thus far for Zero Hour which has subsequently had a forced change. Previously, MJF was slated to defend the MLW World Middleweight Championship in a 4-Way Ladder Match against Marko Stunt, Kotto Brazil and Jason Cade. Unfortunately, Stunt’s spot is now open after he suffered a broken leg competing for GameChanger Wrestling over the weekend (go here for more info about that) and now there’s a spot open.

Today, MLW has now made another big title match official for December 14th, announcing that Konnan will be stepping back into the squared circle to challenge Low-Ki for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship in a No Disqualification Match:

KONNAN COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR WORLD TITLE MATCH IN MIAMI HOMECOMING ON DECEMBER 14 AT MLW FUSION TV TAPING

MIAMI – George Foreman did it in 1994. Randy Couture did it in 2007. Now one of the all-time biggest box office stars in Mexico looks to do it in 2018.  The legendary hall of famer Konnan will step in the ring in his hometown of Miami on December 14th and fight for a world championship for the first time since 1997.

Major League Wrestling today announced a No Disqualification World Heavyweight Title Match: Konnan vs. World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki (presented by Salina de la Renta) for Friday night December 14th Zero Hour card at the Miami Scottish Rite Temple. Both December 13 & 14th cards are FUSION TV tapings for beIN SPORTS.

Buy tickets starting at $15 at http://www.MLWTickets.com. For just $20 fans can see both the December 13th (Never Say Never) and December 14th (Zero Hour) shows as part of the holiday combo ticket.

This past Friday on MLW’s national television series MLW: FUSION (watch), Promociones Dorado confronted Konnan as he entered the building with the reigning World Champion challenging the retired lucha legend to a match.  Konnan called Low Ki out for grandstanding stating that the world knows Konnan has been retired for years.  Throughout the night tensions escalated and Konnan ultimately accepted the challenge.

Konnan’s statement on his comeback match for the world championship: “Low Ki you’re younger than me, quicker than me, stronger than me… at this point. But what’s gonna happen when the underdog – and I need to be the underdog and I don’t need anyone telling me I should win because I shouldn’t win but what’s going to happen when I go to my hometown and beat you? What are you going to say then? Because that’s exactly what’s gonna happen.”

Konnan’s three decades in the sport have been prolific.  The first-ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, Konnan was a crossover star in Mexico appearing regularly on television and in music videos.  In the early 90s, Konnan co-founded AAA Lucha Libre where he would be a perennial main eventer defeating the likes of Jake “the Snake” Roberts to claim his hair, main eventing the AAA When Worlds Collide pay-per-view, shattering box office records in Mexico and California and becoming a staple in America as a member of the nWo and LAX.  A trailblazer, Konnan became a guiding light for emerging luchadores looking for worldwide stardom including Rey Mysterio, Pentagon Jr., Rey Fenix and countless others.  Konnan has also enjoyed success as a popular podcaster on the MLW Radio Network.  Today, Konnan serves as the consigliore for the World Tag Team Champions Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix.

The saga between Konnan and Promociones Dorado started this past summer when Konnan advised Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix to distance themselves from Promociones Dorado impresaria Salina de la Renta.  Quickly things escalated into an outright war. 

Now all roads lead to Miami where a modern day Cinderella Man story will be written as Konnan fights before his family and friends in a homecoming three decades in the making.  Can the Cuban born luchador defy the odds and father time and dethrone Low Ki?  Or will the undefeated Low Ki add another trophy to his dominant 2018 in MLW?

Find out live Friday night December 14th in Miami!  Buy tickets at MLWTickets.com. 

Signed thus far for MLW’s December double-shot debut in Miami:

NEVER SAY NEVER – December 13th:

FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE IN MIAMI
PCO vs. LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta)

Rich Swann vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland

Rush vs. MJF (with Aria Blake)

ZERO HOUR – December 14th:

NO DQ WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FIGHT

Konnan vs. Low Ki (c)

4-WAY WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER MATCH

MJF (c) vs. Kotto Brazil vs. Jason Cade vs. ???

More matches and wrestlers will be announced in the coming weeks at MLW.com for both the December 13 & 14 Miami cards.

MLW’s holiday gift for South Florida! 
For just $20 fans will be treated to a special holiday combo 2-night ticket where fans will be able to see both the December 13th (MLW: Never Say Never) and December 14th (MLW: Zero Hour) shows! This general admission ticket gives you a $10 savings!

Tickets start at $15 at MLWTickets.com.  Tickets will also be available day of show at the box office.

General Public Doors Open: 6 p.m. with a bell time of: 7 p.m.

MORE ABOUT THE MIAMI SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE:

Located just minutes from South Beach in downtown Miami, the Scottish Rite Temple is an atmospheric experience harkening back to the old Miami.  Modernized for today’s needs, the 96-year old building’s architecture is astonishing.  The Scottish Rite Temple is one of downtown Miami’s premiere venues for live performance, music, and entertainment shows.

The venue is located at: 471 NW 3rd St, Miami, FL 33128

About Major League Wrestling

Major League Wrestling (MLW®) is a sports media holding company with a focus on professional wrestling sporting events/programming, digital content and ancillary entertainment.  The fastest growing wrestling league today, MLW’s weekly TV series, Major League Wrestling: FUSION, airs Friday nights 8pm ET / 5pm PT on beIN SPORTS (with replays at 11pm ET) in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. 

MLW features a roster full of high profile fighters and on-air talent from around the world including: Tony Schiavone, the Hart Foundation, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, Low Ki, Mexico’s LA Park, Pentagon Jr., Rey Fenix, Tommy Dreamer, Salina de la Renta, Rush, Joey Ryan, Kotto Brazil, Shane “Swerve” Strickland, Barrington Hughes, Colonel Robert Parker and many more.

MLW is the parent company of the MLW Radio Network, the leading provider of professional wrestling podcasts in the world with 5-6 podcasts in the top iTunes 100 in the sports category on the average day.  MLW content has been distributed commercially in in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India, Denmark and Bangladesh among other territories.    

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